Electricity

EU adopts first-ever EU network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector

EU adopts first-ever EU network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector

Photo: Pete Linforth from Pixabay

Published

March 13, 2024

Country

Comments

comments icon

0

Share

Published:

March 13, 2024

Country:

Comments:

comments icon

0

Share

The European Commission adopted the European Union’s first-ever network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector.

The grid code will support a high, common level of cybersecurity for cross-border electricity flows in Europe, the commission said and added the act is an important step to improve the cyber resilience of critical EU energy infrastructure and services.

The code is foreseen under the Electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943 and in the 2022 EU action plan to digitalize the energy system.

The network code aims to establish a recurrent process of cybersecurity risk assessments in the electricity sector. They are aimed at systematically identifying the entities that perform digitalized processes with a critical or high impact in cross-border electricity flows, their cybersecurity risks, and then the necessary mitigating measures.

The new rules will promote a common baseline

The code establishes a governance model that uses and is aligned with existing mechanisms established in horizontal EU legislation, notably the revised Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2), the commission said.

According to the EU’s executive arm, the new rules will promote a common baseline while respecting existing practices and investments as much as possible.

The new governance model can develop, follow and regularly review the methodologies of different stakeholders, taking into account the current mandates of different bodies in both the cybersecurity and electricity regulatory systems, the commissioners added.

The act has been adopted after an extensive consultation process

The act has been adopted after an extensive consultation process with relevant stakeholders, including contributions from ENTSO-E, EU DSO Entity and ACER. It included a four-week period for public feedback late last year.

The dossier now passes to the Council and European Parliament to scrutinize the text.

They each have a period of two months for objection to the secondary legislation, which can be extended by two months. The rules will enter into force once the period is over.

Comments (0)

Be the first one to comment on this article.

Enter Your Comment
Please wait... Please fill in the required fields. There seems to be an error, please refresh the page and try again. Your comment has been sent.

Related Articles

belgrade energy forum bef 2025 western balkans electricity market coupling cbam

Western Balkans power markets: hope for coupling with EU, concerns about CBAM

29 May 2025 - Representatives of TSOs, regulators and power exchanges gathered at a panel on the integration of Western Balkans markets into the EU market

Global battery storage capacity expands record 200 GWh 2024

Global battery storage capacity expands by record 200 GWh in 2024

29 May 2025 - The cost of storing electricity has dropped thanks to the declining cost of battery projects and technological advancements, Rystad says

Olympus CCUS project breaks ground in Greece

Olympus carbon capture project breaks ground in Greece

29 May 2025 - Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a must for the future of the cement industry, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

CyberGrid is committed to energy transition in SEE with its aggregation solutions Candellari

CyberGrid is committed to energy transition in SEE with its aggregation solutions

28 May 2025 - CyberGrid's Nikolaj Candellari said at BEF 2025 that the firm believes in the energy transition in SEE, contributing to the process with its solutions